Congratulations to all our winnners
for the 2008 Awards!
• Fetzer Great Beginnings Wine &
Appetizer Challenge
• Quady Dessert Competition
• Sommelier of the Year
• Spirited Industry Professional (SIP)
Award
• Wine List Awards
• Sommelier Challenge - Puddifoot
Award
2008 Trade Competitions
and Awards Winners
Competitions and awards designed to promote
excellence in the wine and food industry take
centre stage during the Vancouver Playhouse
International Wine Festival. Winners were
announced at the Annual Awards Lunch on February
29, 2008 and are listed below.
FETZER GREAT BEGINNINGS WINE &
APPETIZER CHALLENGE
Judge's Choice: Ryan Mah of Wild Rice
People's Choice: Rick
Davidson of Tigh-Na-Mara
Seaside Spa Resort
QUADY DESSERT
COMPETITION
First Place: Steve Hodge of Thomas Haas Fine Chocolate &
Patisserie
Second Place: Sam Shem of the Four Seasons
Hotel
Third Place: Tomiko Mayede of Deuce
Restaurant
SOMMELIER OF THE
YEAR
Neil Ingram - Boneta
Restaurant
SPIRITED INDUSTRY PROFESSIONAL (SIP)
AWARD
Christine Coletta - President of
Coletta Consultants
WINE LIST AWARDS
Platinum
Blue Water
Cafe + Raw Bar, Vancouver
Sooke Harbour
House, Sooke
West, Vancouver
Best First
Time Entry
Tapastree
Restaurant, Vancouver
Gold
Araxi
Restaurant & Bar, Whistler
[C]
Restaurant, Vancouver
Catch Restaurant,
Calgary
Chambar Belgian Restaurant,
Vancouver
CinCin Ristorante,
Vancouver
Cioppino's Mediterranean Grill,
Vancouver
CRU, Vancouver
Divino Wine and
Cheese Bistro, Calgary
The Fish House in
Stanley Park, Vancouver
Fuel Restaurant,
Vancouver
Il Terrazzo, Victoria
La
Terrazza, Vancouver
Pearl on the Rock, White
Rock
Rimrock Cafe, Whistler
Salt Tasting
Room, Vancouver
Toasted Oak Wine Bar &
Grill, Oliver
Vij's, Vancouver
Silver
The Aerie
Resort & Spa, Victoria
Brix Restaurant
& Wine Bar, Vancouver
Caffe de Medici,
Vancouver
Fifty Two 80 Bistro,
Whistler
Goldfish Pacific Kitchen,
Vancouver
Joe Fortes Seafood & Chop
House, Vancouver
Le Gavroche,
Vancouver
Nautical Nellies Steak &
Seafood House, Victoria
The Observatory on
Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver
Provence
Marinaside, Vancouver
The William Tell
Restaurant, Vancouver
Bronze
Atrevida
Restaurant, Galiano Island
The Beach House,
West Vancouver
Bistrot Bistro,
Vancouver
Bravo Restaurant and Lounge,
Chilliwack
CANOE Brewpub,
Victoria
Gastropod, Vancouver
Gramercy
Grill, Vancouver
Hart House Restaurant,
Burnaby
Hastings House, Salt Spring
Island
Haus Uropa Restaurant,
Gibsons
Hotel Grand Pacific,
Victoria
Italian Kitchen, Vancouver
Nu
Restaurant + Lounge, Vancouver
Restaurant 62,
Abbotsford
Sal's Prime Steak House,
Kelowna
Salmon House on the Hill, West
Vancouver
Seymour Golf & Country Club,
North Vancouver
Tomato Fresh Food Cafe,
Vancouver
Zest, Vancouver
Honourable
Mention
The Cannery
Seafood House, Vancouver
Pair Bistro,
Vancouver
Hamilton Street Grill,
Vancouver
Hardware Grill, Edmonton
La
Ronde, Edmonton
The Mountain Club,
Whistler
Moxie's on Yates, Victoria
The
Ocean Club, West Vancouver
Rare Restaurant,
Vancouver
Relish, Vancouver
Shelter
Restaurant, Tofino
Spinnakers Gastro Brewpub,
Victoria
PUDDIFOOT AWARD - Sommelier
Challenge
Chris Giroux - Bacchus at the
Wedgewood
2007 Trade Competitions
and Awards Winners
Winners were announced at the Annual
Awards Lunch on March 30, 2007 and are
listed below.
Read the media
release (PDF)
FETZER GREAT BEGINNINGS WINE &
APPETIZER CHALLENGE
First Place and People's
Choice:
Bearfoot Bistro (Chef:
Melissa Craig)
Berkshire
pork belly glazed with chili pink grapefruit and
a Dungeness crab cilantro mint salad with
coconut jelly
QUADY DESSERT
COMPETITION
First Place:
Tamara Currier, Thomas Haas Patisserie
Second Place: Candice
Low, Pan Pacific Hotel
Third
Place: Van Doren Chan, Four Seasons
Hotel
SOMMELIER OF THE
YEAR 
Chris Van Nus, Blue Water Cafe
SPIRITED INDUSTRY PROFESSIONAL (SIP)
AWARD
David Scholefield
If you have questions about trade
competitions and awards, please contact:
Dan Threlfall
Festival Event
Coordinator
Vancouver Playhouse International
Wine Festival
604-872-6622 x 269
dant@playhousewinefest.com
